Eyeglass-holder.



C. G. ALDRICH.

EYEGLASS HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. m4.

1,259,7Q7. Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

EYEGLASS-HOLDER.

Patented Manil, 1918.

Application filed November 6, 1914. Serial No. 870,564.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CARL G. ALDRICH, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to eye-glass holders and it has for its object to-improve the construction thereof.

An eye-glass holder of the kind to which my invention relates comprises a housing consisting of a back plate and a cap which incloses a spring actuated reel to which one end of a' cord or chain is connected said cord extending out through an opening in said housing to the eXterior of the latter and being provided at said outer end with a snap hook or the like for attachment to the eyeglasses. Upon the exterior of. the back plate is provided means, such for example as a pin, whereby the holder may be fastened to the waist,vest, or other garment of the user. The spring actuated reel within the housing is rotatably supported upon a stud projecting from the housing and is provided with a clutch for holding the reel in different positions and which can be controlled through the medium of the cord or chain. Holders of this type are made in very small sizes and it is necessary to make the two-part housing of quite thin and frail sheet metal that is easily bent. Also owing to the neces sarily delicate and frail construction employed it is frequently necessary to disconnect and remove the cap from the back plate in order to repair or adjust the reel mechanism within the housing. Heretofore it has been customary to make the cap, at the edge or chine thereof, with a pair of diametrically opposite ears which fit into correspondingly located notches at the periphery of the back-plate said ears being bent around said periphery so as to hold the back plate and cap together. In order to remove the cap to have access to the reel within the housing it was necessary to first bend the lugs outwardly in order to free the cap from the back plate and to bend them back again into interlocked relation with the back-plate when the cap was replaced. This construction heretofore employed has been objectionable in that the middle portion of the thin sheet metal cap being unsupported Was easily indented, bent or crushed inwardly ing through which the cord or chain extends i to the exterior is usually formed: in the cap and. said opening and the lugs oriears onsaid cap are positioned so that when the parts are assembled andsecured to the garment of the user the opening is held in a definite predetermined position assuring ease of movement of the chain or cord in and outof the housing. It was possible, however, with the method heretofore employed for fastening the back-plate and cap together, to reassemble said parts with the cord or chain hole displaced 180 degrees from its proper position relatively to the pin. My invention aims to obviate the above noted objections and to provide a holder so constructed that the two parts of the housing may be readily and easily assembled in their proper relation and the cap of the housing is supported or reinforced so that it cannot be bent inwardly or crushed by pressure upon the exterior. The inventionconsists of an eye-glass holder embodying the peculiar features of construction and arrangement of parts set forth in the following description and particularly pointed out and defined in the claims at the close thereof.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a central transverse sectional view of an eye-glass holder constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the backplate of the holder shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the back-plate of the holder shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the cap detached.

In the accompanying drawings 1 is the back-plate of my improved eye-glass holder and 2 the cap thereof, the back-plate 1 havin'g'a flange 3 fitting within the cap 2 and a flange 4 fitting against the chine of said cap. The cap 2 is made with an ear or lug 5 adapted to fit into a notch 6 provided in the flange 4 of the back-plate 1 and the engagement of this ear 5 with said notch serves to hold the cap 2 against rotative displacement relatively to back plate 1 and prevents said back plate and cap being assembled otherwise than in their proper relation.

The back plate 1 is made with a central perforation within which is secured one end of a hollow reel supporting post 7 provided upon its exterior with longitudinalgrooves 8 which cooperate-1n the usual fashion with clutch balls 9 carried by the reel 10 The body of the reel 10 is made from a pair cupshaped sheet metal parts securedtogether and has a central aperture to loosely fit the post 7. Within one end of the reel 10 is mounted a coiled spring 11 having its outer end secured in the usual fashion to the reel and its inner end extending through a slot 12 provided in post 7 and bent to form a curved or partly cylindrical head 13 occupy- 7 said which cap from being indented or bent inwardlyr A screw 17 fastens hollow posts 7 and block 14: together and in order to prevent accidental loosening of the screw 17 the back plate 1 is, when made, given the curvature indicated by the dotted lines 18 so that when the screw 17 is screwed up tight the back plate '1 is drawn inwardly or compressed and its outward pressure against the head 19 of screw 17 serves to provide sufficient friction between said head and post 7 to hold said screw 17 against accidental rotation. The head 13 provided at the inner end of spring 11 partly surrounds the shank of screw 17 and does not interfere with the insertion or withdrawal of said screw.

It will be clear from the above description that the cap and back-plate may be easily and quickly disconnected and separated simply by removing the screw 17, and may be as quickly assembled and secured together, the lug or car 5 serving to insure the cap and back-plate being assembled in proper relative positions with the usual cord hole 20 in its proper position with relation to the usual pin 21 provided upon the exterior of back-plate 1.

V What I claim is:

threaded tang or stud 15 fitting- 1. In an eye-glass holder of the character described, in combination a back-plate; means upon the exterior of the plate for attaching the latter to a garment or the like;

' ahollow post secured to said back-plate upon the inner side thereof; a screw extending into said hollow post from the rear side of said back-plate; a cap fitted to said backplate; provided upon its inner side with a block against which the inner end of said post abuts said block being made with a threaded socket to receive the threaded end of said screw.

2. In an eye-glass holder of the character described in combination a back plate formed within its middle with an apertureymeans upon the exterior of said plate for securing the latter to a garment or the like; a hollow reel supporting post having one end thereof secured within said aperture; a cap fitted to said back-plate provided upon its inner side witha block fitting against the inner end of said post and made with an inter-i1 orly threaded extension fitting into the inner end of said post; anda screw extending from the exterior of the back plate into said hollow post and having its threaded end screwed in the said interiorly threaded extension.

3. In an eye-glass holder of the character described, in combination, a back-plate formed near its middle with an aperture and provided upon its periphery with a notch; a hollow post having one end thereof secured within saidapertureya cap fitted to said back plate provided near its outer edge with a tongue occupying the notch in the periphery of the back plate so as to hold said cap and back plate against rotative displacement with provision for separation of said parts without bending said tongue and a screw for holding said back-plate and cap together, said screw having its head at the exterior of the back plate and its threaded inner end in an engagement with said cap.

In testimony. whereof I have atlixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CARL Gr. ALDRICH.

WVitnesses EDWIN T. Loon, ARTHUR F. RANDALL.

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Washington, D. C. 

